davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

that Mr.. Winan has established are daily
visited by crowds that make the island q
formidable rival of more distant and
unhandy Coney Island. Coney Island is
q bare sand reef; this is luxuriant hill
of farmland, forest, dell and meadow.
Erastina was a revelation to the city
folks, who had never dreamed of being
able to attend circus under an awning
and amid a grove of forest trees. st.
George was an equal novelty and delight,
for here athletic sports were witnessed
for the first time at waterside place, only
few minutes from the heart of town and
in the care of a company that spared no
expense to surround the spectators with
all the comforts obtainable in theatre
even while they were in the open air and
surrounded on two sides by the moving
panorama of life and commerce and
scenic beauty of the grandest and most
picturesque harbor on the continent.
This year the presentation of the Fall
of Babylon" has added to this al .fresco
amphitheatre the still more novel char
acter of an out-of-door playhouse, bril-
liantly lighted by electric lamps, arched
by the starlit sky and famed by the
oceans breezes. The green sward of the
background is surrounded on three sides
Uy Guc RTduu Stduu anu CuO UlcT6 OF
cheaper seats, while the fourth side is
taken up by the stage and gorgeous
scenery of the ancient spectacle. The
stage is 42S feet in length, or far longer
than any other upon which perform.
ances have ever before been given
in this country. Upon this colossal plat
form no less than thousand per-
formers appear, all in the magnificent
costumes of the attaches of Belshazzar's
court, the dazzling robes of Chaldean
priests, the lustrous armor of Babylonian
or Persian soldiers, the chromatic raj
ment of the peasantry of the country or
the snowy dresses of the enormous corps
of over 200 dancing girls. The wall of
the city serves for curtain while one
is needed, and the spectators seem, as
they sit with the green sward between
them and the contending armies, the per.
athletes AMI the cavalcades Of
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

bring the produce of the West and the
bottoms that will fetch the tonnage Of
the world.
Among Mr.. wiman's plans for develop.
ing the usefulness Of the island ID D
very humane one for providing persons
Of moderate incomes with homes Of their
own by an original plan. The tenant 10
to pay for his house while paying . fair
rental for Il, but In case he dies before
the house 10 paid for, q deed Of the
property 10 at once made out to the widow.
This plan will be made possible by the
insurance Of the tenants life BY the
building company for the sum needed to
purchase the house. The natural econ
omy in building many houses ct once,
and In insuring many lives at ages within
the period when the risk of death is
slight, and in insuring them for q short
term of years, enters largely into the prac-
ticability of the scheme. But this Is
mainly philanthropic there will be no
need to offer special inducements for the
building of Staten Island. The place
must grow rapidly. 1t is high ground,
surrounded by. water and by the
noblest scenery in the East. Its surface
is rolling and no part of 1t is far from
the railway system that is to open 1t
up dHu CniIy tho pCoPi0 w anu A!Om
the city for fifteen cents day. The
factories that are to be established will
find natural sites ON the strip of land
between the railroad and the waters
edge, so that the interior and main
body of the park-like island will bs
sacred to the homes that will soon
cover it as with great, yet mainly cot
tage-built, city. Instead of there being
less pleasure resorts, there are certain to
be more; for certain parts of the beach
particularly facing the gateway to the
ocean-have advantages as future water
ing places that will shame many now
famous resorts when they come to be
developed. 1t will not be without
pang that the Gothamites will see the
score of picturesque little fishing club
headquarters disappear from this beach,
for they are among the most unique anG
poetical outgrowths of metropolitan
life; their room will be worth more than
their company" as the old saying goes,
in time now not far away. Very quaint
little club-houses are these. They are
former cottages or farm-houses that have
been leased or bought by small associa-
tions, mainly of workingmen, who have
fitted their upper rooms with hunks so
as to accommodate great many sleepers
in very little room, and decked down
stairs with the choicest collections of
fishing rods upon which, as is often the
case, the owners have lavished more
money than they ever put out upon any
other objects or possessions. In front
of each house there is apt to be a liberty
pole for displaying the colors of the club
and in front of that little cluster of
sail and rowboats. Here the members
spend their vacations and their Sundays
the calmest and happiest of sportsmen
in the loveliest of seaside hooks.
JULIAN RALPH.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

ball, cricket and lacrosse were played
upon the Staten Island Amusement Com
pany's grounds at St. George, the most
beautiful and admirably situated exhibi-
'ion field in the country, jutting into the
cool and breezy harbor and backed by q
nretty tree-clad and villa-decked hill.
The same playground is being put to the
same use this year-in the daytime
while at night 1t is the scene of the
'amous spectacle of "The Fall of Baby
on" show of the purely spectacular
ind, but one more gorgeous than had
ever been attempted before for the delec-
,ation of New York audience. 1t was
OF here, but at the other end of the
land, at place called Erastina, that
'uffalo Bill presented his show last year
nd that Adam Forepaugh has opened
he summer season with his circus this
ear.
These two places, Erastina and St.
George, are features Of the revolution
worked In the island by Mr.. Erastus Wi
man in the short time that has elapsed
since he wrested the control of the means
Of communication between New York
and the island from the Vanderbilts.
Staten Island used to be sort of Van.
derbilt barony. There the founder Of
the family fortunes was born and began
his business career, and although it would
have paid him and his descendants to
have improved their little principality
and opened It up TO the overflow of the
metropolis, they had greater interests to
absorb their attention, and 30 the island
remained forbidden ground to all except
those to whom time in getting to and fro
was NO object. Ferrybosts ran In the old
fashioned way on either side of the island
during the day and early evening, and
the place was always more dead than
alive. Mr.. Wiman. Canadian, but .
nan whose restless energy maks him
seen to out- -Ysnkss The YANKEES. ssw IL
iunenss adveptaees tAat eoulA - taheo
a , lncAll1y - elooe - ~ n1e5oDo11s
- = - asoem ~ nhnap hono6, ~
-. ~ p,e1p - laoAigy ~ n
b.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
MARRIAGES BETWEEN COUSINS.

Some Valuable Testimony on the Subject
from Prominent Scientists.
This inquiry as TO the effect of such mar
riages on their offspring comes from friend
in Oregon:
us not the common belief that marriages
between first cousins are Objectionable some.
what like the belief In the effect Of the moon
upon planting Of crops, shrinking Of meats,
etc., merely coincidence and not caused BY
the moon3 lam aware, of course, that fam.
lily traits must be more pronounced in the
children, but where both sides are mentally
and physically sound l can't see why such
marriages should have the tendency to pro-
duce unsound children"
Though the prejudice against such mar
riageS has sOuuder basis than mere super.
stition, their evil effects upon offspring seem
to have been exaggerated, except in instances
where there is family predisposition to &C.
rious disease. In 1871, when the English
census was to be taken. Sir John Lubbock,
DR.. Playfaif and other scientific men made
an effort to have statistics obtained as to the
prevalence and consequences of cousin mar.
riages, but unfortunately they were defeated
by q Parliament which was silly enough to
treat their proposition with scornful laughter.
Afterward Mr.. George H. Darwin, Q son Of
the great Darwin, and himself man Of
much scientific reputation, undertook an in
NeotiSdtiOn Oh HiS OWH uCCOuut, tuouBH AZ
comparatively narrow field, and reached the
conclusion that, on the average, such mar
riages did not produce the evil effects com.
monty attributed to them.
But Signor Paolo Mantegazza, q professor
at Pavia, made q somewhat similar inquiry
in 1858, and his deductions were that 'con-
sanguineous marriages are, on the whole,
more unfavorable TO the offspring than
Others" and that ''the nearer the kinship
the greater the danger" and the more 30
when the kinship is through the mother, "be-
cause more evil or good is heritable from the
mother" Mr.. Darwin himself acknowl-
edges that the preponderance of opinion
among the many authorities examined BY
him Is that the i'll effects of cousin mar
riages are greater than hi; partial inves.
ton Browne, of the West Riding Asylum for
lunatics and idiots, expresses the opinion
that seven healthy temperamente, when
common to both parents, often come out -
decided cachexi@e in the children" and he
goes 30 far as to contend that no persons Of
similar temperaments ought to marry. DR..
Lander Lindsay, of Scotch asylum, thinks,
on the other hand that "the i'll effects OF
cousin marriages, including insanity, are
much less than represented" DIR. Arthur
Mitchell, who, as deputy commissioner in
lunacy for Scotland, made q very thorough
investigation of blood relationship in mar
riage, comes to the conclusion that "con-
sanguinity in parentage tends to injure the
Our Oregon friend will see, therefore, that
there is much difference of opinion regard
ingth subject about which he consults US,
and that. all things considered, 1t il safer to
marry somebody else than your own cousin.
-Neto York Sum-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

miles wide, and is shaped like leaf. He
established . ferry-house ct the point Of
II nearest New York-only fifteen min.
utes' sailing distance from the Battery
and having next built . double tracked
railroad along the edge Of either side Of
the leaf, abolished the old boat system
and carried the people by rail from the
central and single ferry slip. This per.
mitted . service Of thirty-nine trips Q
day by the same boats that were only
able to make fifteen before.
His was like the touch Of magician's
wand to that sleepy isle. 1t was Ike the
discovery of nearly sixty square miles of
room for growth to crowded New York.
New houses are springing up all over the
island, factories are building there, sum.
mer resorts are coming into prominence
there after having languished half cen.
tury, and the two new pleasure grounds
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
Mr.. Hathswsy's Buttons.

There is curious story told in regard to
c. F. Hathaway. Esq, proprietor Of the ex-
tensive shirt works in Waterville. Mr..
Hathaway, it seems, wears no buttons on
his coats except those absolutely necessary
thus accounted for: Mr.. Hathaway one day
met one of his, operatives, girl of about
eighteen, decked out in furbelows and
various bright-colored ribbons. Noticing Q
particularly fascinating bow on her hair,
Mr.. Hathaway said:
make you look or feel any bctter?'
The girl partly replied "What makes Won
wear buttons ON the back Of your coat ~
The justice Of the criticism struck Mr..
Hathaway 20 forcibly that he has never
allowed his tailor, since then, to make him
anything but buttonless coat tails.-Lsvistos
Journal. "
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

They now have lawn parties away out IN
Montana. They had one there recently, and
the paper published in the town in which il
was given says:
The lawn party at the residence and
grounds Of our fellow-citizen, Bill Jackson
was dandy affair, and was attended by ell
the big bugs of this city. This is new form,
OF amusement imported from the East, ant
1t beats croquet all hollow.
There was bag race between Jack Spence
fully left and Jack carried on half the gai.
money.
The greased-pole part of the entertainment
was glittering success. Many of our lea
ing citizens made desperate but futile a,
tempts to shin up 1t. but our mayor knock
the rest of the crowd silly on the climb.
:, The fat mems race would have made q dog
die laughing. The contestants were Fati
Parsons and Budd Doble. and the way they
beam at 800 and Budd at 3O4 pounds. Their
speed was somewhat accelerated by the play
fulness Of some Of the ladies present, VIII.
prodded them with their parasols. The race
was tie, and the contestants tossed up
quarter to decide it, Budd won. -
The .pie-eating match between Birdie Nc.
Laughlin and Lyddy Donahue, two Of on,
most charming young ladies, was very OF
citing and enjoyable affair, and ended in Biz.
die eating ten full;sized pies in fifty minutes
while Lyddy could 90 but nine and half.
Firdie carried of the price nickel-platsd
A dog and rooster fights and wrestling and
jumping matches were greatly enjoyed, and
our first lawn party was voted the dandy en-.
tertain nent Of the season. We are gradually
falling into the ways Of the efKete East.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

The becoming hat illustrated is made
Of lace over wiie, trimmed with marquee
rites. A frill of lace is set under the
brim, and big pompon rosette of lace
fills up one side.
Other shade hats are wide-brimmed
shapes of rush or rough plated straw,
trimmed with ribbon or braid rosettes
and punches Of grasses or field flowers.
More elaborate are fats Of fine Leghorn,
trimmed with white silk null and white
feathers or wreaths of roses. These last
are worn for the afternoon promenade.
The girls down here wear Tam O'Shan-
ter caps of crocheted wool in the even
ing or after the sun goes down and
the breeze blows fresh off the water, Sc
curely held on by long pins. They make
them themselves. The white ones are
particularly becoming. They are also
wearing q great many picturesque soft
felt hats in bright tints, either bright
red, bright blue or cream white, un-
trimmed except for an ornamental
skewer thrust through the front.
Here are couple of dresses, such as
one sees on the boardwalk during the
afternoon or morning promenade. 1t is
quite allowable here for ladies to 60 all
about the place without bonnet and
merely a parasol to keep of the suns
rays, and the first figure is so portrayed.
The dress is fine French gingham in a
delicate shade of blue, the underskirt,
which is cut on the bias, plaided over
with lines of darker blue, light blue, and
dne lines Of yellow and red. The sleeves,
chemisette, and basque trimming are of
the same material, while the basque is
plain light blue.
The other dress is of striped wool and
surah in combination of golden brown
and bronze. The pleated skirt and part
Of the back drapery are of bronze-green
surah, and the basque and side draperies
are of striped wool. Bretelles of surah
finished by bows of bronze ribbon orna-
ment the waist, and bows of ribbon are
set in the skirt drsperies at the side. The
hat 10 Of fine light brown straw, trimmed
with scarf of bronze surah and clus-
ter Of dandelions and puff balls.
Cotton is king this season, and at the
hops in the evening some of the loveliest
and most effective dresses on the floor
are of this primitive stuff. Cotton 1t 10,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

Of the Atlantic coast by reason of its
growing interest and Importance to
New Workers especially, though it
attracts thousands of visitors to the
city as well as residents, for the enter
tainments that are daily given on it are
among the most prominent of the city's
spectacles. 1t was there that Buffalo
Bill, who showed to from 10000 to 49,
600 persons a day, was launched upon
the tide of amazing success that has
since carried him with eclat to Europe.
1t was there, also, that some of the most
important of last years matches at base.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
A NEW sCRIPTURAL DRAMA.

Dramatic Silhouette Of the Prodigal Son
Given at a Co,ored Camp-meetinr.
u-...,.-
>, "a'seka was ha,heo from loinah'ic III
dian maiden who lost her heart long years
ago to Chicago's early pioneer, Gurdon S.
Hnbbard II is a citv bn;lt mon the sand
and on a 1,l, do,, tho Coo, Sabaro no., ha
anu on .uiy oay .he Urea. "aiiara may oe
as not put Is certainty no hotter, than the
county-seat of Iroquois county, Ill. 1t is
also favored spot for camp-meetings, and
every year the Methodists; both black a and I'd
Whne' ho,o very successiui meetings oi that
kind in the groves near here and wrestle
with the inhabitants. During the last week,
notwithstanding the raging of the dog-star
and the Thermometer at 1859 in the shade.
the African Methodists have been holding a
successful series of meetings at the fair
ground. They we're brought to an end to-
night in a blaze of hallelpiabs. All dav LONG
,he ,,an,,ia hor. hoo,, str.or,;,, to,ua.a tI,e
lhe PeoPle nave pee', streaming .owaru :he
black. gray and copper colored-rigged out
IN their Sunday best, fiocked to the grounds,
for to-day was TO be enacted kind of rude
passion play called "The Return of the Prod
igal," and all were alert to see it.
Three oclock was the hour appointed for
the prodigal was to make his appearance As
the time approached the people began to
gather on the rude benches aroNnd the
preachers stand until every seat was filled.
Many more were standing, and encircling
the whole was q Gordon of carriages all filed
outnumbered the blacks, but here and there
a patch of blacks could be seen. On the
front seat were two or three ancient aunties
of generous proportions and impulsive
amens, and veritable Black Joe, whom a
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
GOLDEN THOUGHTS,

Whatever become Of my body or my
estate, will ever labor to find somewhat added
to the stature Of my soul-Btshop Hall.
The one who will be found in trial ca
pable Of great acts Of love is ever the one who
is doing considerate small ones.-F ". Robert
son.
"God giveth grace to- the humble"
He pours it out plentifully on humble hearts.
His sweet dews and showers slide on tho
mountains, and fall on the low valley Of hum
BILE hearts, and make them pleasant and fertile.
Leighton.
Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's tempta-
tion, and do not weaken and distract yourself
by looking forward to things which you cannot
see, and could not underestimate you saw them.
-Chdrlss Knosley.
People don't believe in fairies now
adays; nevertheless, good spirits still exist,
and help us, in our times of trouble, better
even than the little people we used to read
about. One Of these household spirits is called
lOve.-EEchanQe.
1t Is poor relief from sorrow to fly to
the distractions Of the world; as well might .
lost and wearied bird, suspended over the
abyss of the tempestuous ocean, seek resting
place on its tOpmost wave, as the child of sor-
EoW oooA Pihce VI TcpOse dIlQ tn6 DuStunR
cares and Intoxicating pleasures of earth and
time.-Dr. Spring.
Nature only tells of hard, pitiless, re-
morseless law. The fire burns. though there
be sanity martyr In the flame. The tide
surges in, though Christian maiden is bound
to stake in its course. Leap over the preci-
pice, and you are dashed in pieces. There 10
no mercy in the electric cloud, in the ocean
or the land. Everywhere you see wisdom and
power in creation and providence. but not
mercy.-W u. Toylor.
Difficulty 10 severe instructor, set
over " BY the supreme ordinance Of paren-
tai Guardian and Legislator who knows us
better than we know ourselves. And He loves
US better, too. He that wrestles with us
strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable
conflict with diflculty helps us to an intimate
acquaintance with our object. and compels us
to consider It in all its relations. It will not
su6er u to be superhcial.-Burks
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

with violet velvet and bunch Of white
and purple lilacs.
The other costume illustrated 10 an
evening dress Of pink India silk draped
In pretty style over full skirt Of whitA:
lace drawn n puffs across the top. The
waist Of pink silk opens In front over .
full plastron Of lace, and white lace ruff
hes form epaulettes over the close sleeves.
A black lace wrap and small black lace
bonnet ornsmented with pink roses com.
plete the costume. NoRMA BLAKE.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
A LAWN PARTY IN MONTANA.

The Robust Citizen Of the West Adopts
y Custom of the Enete East.
The refined and civilizing influences of the
cultured East, says 7id- Bits, are gradually
extending themselves to the rowdy West.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
An Abssnt-mindcd Divine.

One of the most absent-minded Of men, Q
most worthy minister ofthe Gospel, lived and
died not long ago In town not far from
Concord. He once called ON . lady psrish-
ioner and invited her with characteristic
politeness to 50 TO ride She accepted gladly
and liked ny" only 70 find with the domi-
made his call ON horseback, and that his
chaise was ct home Q half dozen miles away.
The horse was often led TO brook TO drink.
One morning the loafes on the piazza Of the
village store were dumfounded to see the
psrson come out Of the barn with the halter
Dragging from bis hands folded behind his
turn and look at the horseleas halter and
hasten back TO the barn, where thirty old
DObbin In his box stall ives plying his kind,
forsetful old mastsr.-C0seers lK ~ AesS-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

OF late Staten
Island has forced
itself to be in.
cluded early in
the list Of the
summer re 9 Orts
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

the kings horsemen, to be sitting in
America and looking over a plain upon
the exterior of strange city and its still
more strange population. Later, the
greater part OF the bewildering mass of
performers sweeps out of the now wall
less city and passes out upon the plain
under the eyes of people in the seats.
The destruction Of the city by fire ends
the spectacle. which is the most gorgeous
and impressive one ever presented in
New York.
Staten Island is almost certain soon to
be the New York terminal of the Ba]ti.
more and Ohio's great railroad system,
which will reach the island by means of
bridge across the Kill Won Kull, the
narrow strait which divides the island
from the State of New Jersey, to which
1t geographically and geologically be-
longs. The pOssibilities-now more than
probabilities-offered to capital and en-
terprise by this introduction of . great
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25
Ne Prsvi.ie. MA. q. =. c..saass.sy.

Ne Prsvisien AaAs ~ ths Centings.sy.
A country oQusin who had como TO the
city bad outtaysd hls vslnoms 4 the house
Of hiand. ard = he showed no symptoms
S SsSScPssSS'Es g S's 4; has re. HSsnias q I've Sc
Zou, oA 6llovs ~ don't .you think e g
r. o. e6slsynsn. II W. 5SiSfii~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-08-25

but cotton idealised and etherealized by
the most wonderful skill in its weaving
and the exquisite dsintiness of ito color
ing. These delicate dresses are made up
with velvet, ribbon and lace - though
they were silk. In the accompanying
illustration tho spotted dress is Of white
cotton Grape Of exquisite finensss,
figured with lilac. the front Of the skirt
laid In box plssts run through with
violet ribbons ending In bows on one
side, The back drapsry b light,
thoagh vary bou6ant and fall.
IT, waist \ round "A =
bel1po n : yiolsl Tibhea eloasA Ne
1hi4eo1enD budklA ~ 1poo1s - ~
d11nao a stplleS ~ ~ =,
''.!! s. \ 1a I z "a : = 3